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Anonymous wrote:In ES, my kids took 3 baths a week. We had a routine - Friday, Wednesday, Sunday. When they started playing real sports, they showered daily. Of course now my little boy is a camp counselor out in Colorado where he camps for 10 days and does not shower until he has a day off after that 10 days...

That’s gross.

Anonymous wrote:In ES, my kids took 3 baths a week. We had a routine - Friday, Wednesday, Sunday. When they started playing real sports, they showered daily. Of course now my little boy is a camp counselor out in Colorado where he camps for 10 days and does not shower until he has a day off after that 10 days...

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Anonymous wrote:I am elementary school teacher and believe me your child's teacher know who baths every day and who doesn't! Summer and vacations in general are one thing -- but if tomorrow is a school day -- PLEASE shower!

+1. Preschool teacher here. Yes, we all know who bathes daily and who doesn’t.

-1. Also a preschool teacher and while yes some kids smell, that doesn’t mean the good smelling kids bathe daily. You really have no clue.

Another preschool/kindergarten teacher. We absolutely know. And we do judge parents who can’t be bothered to bathe their kids daily. It’s just gross.

I really don't give one crap what you think!
My 3 kids have never bathed more than every other day except in summer (now as pre-teen athletes) and they're now in late elementary and middle school. They have a TON of friends and get invited to other people's houses many times a week.
They are straight A students and excellent athletes.

Why should I care that they don't bathe daily in the winter? It is not affecting their social lives one iota. They get more playdates, texts, sleepover requests, etc. than they know what to do with.

What does having straight As and being excellent athletes have anything to do with it? Bottom line is it’s gross to not bathe or shower daily. I would think you’d especially want them showering or bathing after practice, them being all star athletes.

The point is that if it is so 'gross,' then it would likely turn others off or somehow impact their life in other ways. Absent any impacts, who cares? I shower at inconsistent intervals, sometimes every few days. I am very successful at work in a people oriented job, have never had problems romantically, and am generally successful in life, knock on wood. So obviously it's not something to give two hoots about. I don't care how much you shower, but I do care about others being such judgy mcjudgers about those of us who take a different approach. Not gross, just different.

Probably they’re too kind to say anything. Do you go up to people and say, “Hey you stink? Please shower?” No, but you certainly notice it. Gross.

Yes, but it doesn't affect other people and their kids clamoring to have my kids over for play dates. It does't affect my kids from being well-loved by teachers. It just doesn't affect our family from have a large circle of friends and getting invited to more events and dinners and bbqs than we can ever attend.

So if people are so turned off by our collective stench, they're apparently responding by wanting to spend MORE time with us. Because each year our social circle widens.

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Anonymous wrote:we shoot for 3 baths a week for our 3 year old, but usually it's only two. But we also go to the pool a few days a week, so it counts in my book.. Go ahead, throw a shoe at me.

We don't do baths every day but always shower or bathe after the pool to wash off the chlorine. All of the people who think it's unhygenic not to bathe every day or that kids are incredibly stinky after one day of not bathing are nuts.

I think it is more the routine that you build with your child then the "stinky kid" stand point. Nightly baths followed by brushing their hair and teeth and bedtime story are routines and consistency little kids need to feel safe. There have been plenty of studies on the importance of routines and consistency for children. I'm not saying everyday, maybe every other, but the point is don't hate on people who want to bath their kid everyday. People aren't "nuts" for wanting to give their kid a bath everyday. It also sets up good habits for the future.

I think the vitriol is by far going towards the families who don't bathe every day, not the other way around. Mostly, non-every day bathers don't care that there are every-day bathers, we just don't need to be called stinky and gross, because for most kids pre-puberty, bathing every other day, especially in the winter, is not stinky or gross.

A routine can be anything, it doesn't have to include a nightly bath.

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Anonymous wrote:I am elementary school teacher and believe me your child's teacher know who baths every day and who doesn't! Summer and vacations in general are one thing -- but if tomorrow is a school day -- PLEASE shower!

+1. Preschool teacher here. Yes, we all know who bathes daily and who doesn’t.

-1. Also a preschool teacher and while yes some kids smell, that doesn’t mean the good smelling kids bathe daily. You really have no clue.

Another preschool/kindergarten teacher. We absolutely know. And we do judge parents who can’t be bothered to bathe their kids daily. It’s just gross.

I really don't give one crap what you think!
My 3 kids have never bathed more than every other day except in summer (now as pre-teen athletes) and they're now in late elementary and middle school. They have a TON of friends and get invited to other people's houses many times a week.
They are straight A students and excellent athletes.

Why should I care that they don't bathe daily in the winter? It is not affecting their social lives one iota. They get more playdates, texts, sleepover requests, etc. than they know what to do with.

What does having straight As and being excellent athletes have anything to do with it? Bottom line is it’s gross to not bathe or shower daily. I would think you’d especially want them showering or bathing after practice, them being all star athletes.

The point is that if it is so 'gross,' then it would likely turn others off or somehow impact their life in other ways. Absent any impacts, who cares? I shower at inconsistent intervals, sometimes every few days. I am very successful at work in a people oriented job, have never had problems romantically, and am generally successful in life, knock on wood. So obviously it's not something to give two hoots about. I don't care how much you shower, but I do care about others being such judgy mcjudgers about those of us who take a different approach. Not gross, just different.

Probably they’re too kind to say anything. Do you go up to people and say, “Hey you stink? Please shower?” No, but you certainly notice it. Gross.

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Anonymous wrote:I am elementary school teacher and believe me your child's teacher know who baths every day and who doesn't! Summer and vacations in general are one thing -- but if tomorrow is a school day -- PLEASE shower!

+1. Preschool teacher here. Yes, we all know who bathes daily and who doesn’t.

-1. Also a preschool teacher and while yes some kids smell, that doesn’t mean the good smelling kids bathe daily. You really have no clue.

Another preschool/kindergarten teacher. We absolutely know. And we do judge parents who can’t be bothered to bathe their kids daily. It’s just gross.

I really don't give one crap what you think!
My 3 kids have never bathed more than every other day except in summer (now as pre-teen athletes) and they're now in late elementary and middle school. They have a TON of friends and get invited to other people's houses many times a week.
They are straight A students and excellent athletes.

Why should I care that they don't bathe daily in the winter? It is not affecting their social lives one iota. They get more playdates, texts, sleepover requests, etc. than they know what to do with.

What does having straight As and being excellent athletes have anything to do with it? Bottom line is it’s gross to not bathe or shower daily. I would think you’d especially want them showering or bathing after practice, them being all star athletes.

The point is that if it is so 'gross,' then it would likely turn others off or somehow impact their life in other ways. Absent any impacts, who cares? I shower at inconsistent intervals, sometimes every few days. I am very successful at work in a people oriented job, have never had problems romantically, and am generally successful in life, knock on wood. So obviously it's not something to give two hoots about. I don't care how much you shower, but I do care about others being such judgy mcjudgers about those of us who take a different approach. Not gross, just different.

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Anonymous wrote:we shoot for 3 baths a week for our 3 year old, but usually it's only two. But we also go to the pool a few days a week, so it counts in my book.. Go ahead, throw a shoe at me.

We don't do baths every day but always shower or bathe after the pool to wash off the chlorine. All of the people who think it's unhygenic not to bathe every day or that kids are incredibly stinky after one day of not bathing are nuts.

I think it is more the routine that you build with your child then the "stinky kid" stand point. Nightly baths followed by brushing their hair and teeth and bedtime story are routines and consistency little kids need to feel safe. There have been plenty of studies on the importance of routines and consistency for children. I'm not saying everyday, maybe every other, but the point is don't hate on people who want to bath their kid everyday. People aren't "nuts" for wanting to give their kid a bath everyday. It also sets up good habits for the future.

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Anonymous wrote:we shoot for 3 baths a week for our 3 year old, but usually it's only two. But we also go to the pool a few days a week, so it counts in my book.. Go ahead, throw a shoe at me.

We don't do baths every day but always shower or bathe after the pool to wash off the chlorine. All of the people who think it's unhygenic not to bathe every day or that kids are incredibly stinky after one day of not bathing are nuts.

I think it is more the routine that you build with your child then the "stinky kid" stand point. Nightly baths followed by brushing their hair and teeth and bedtime story are routines and consistency little kids need to feel safe. There have been plenty of studies on the importance of routines and consistency for children. I'm not saying everyday, maybe every other, but the point is don't hate on people who want to bath their kid everyday. People aren't "nuts" for wanting to give their kid a bath everyday. It also sets up good habits for the future.

They can brush their teeth and wash their face as a routine.

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Anonymous wrote:we shoot for 3 baths a week for our 3 year old, but usually it's only two. But we also go to the pool a few days a week, so it counts in my book.. Go ahead, throw a shoe at me.

We don't do baths every day but always shower or bathe after the pool to wash off the chlorine. All of the people who think it's unhygenic not to bathe every day or that kids are incredibly stinky after one day of not bathing are nuts.

I think it is more the routine that you build with your child then the "stinky kid" stand point. Nightly baths followed by brushing their hair and teeth and bedtime story are routines and consistency little kids need to feel safe. There have been plenty of studies on the importance of routines and consistency for children. I'm not saying everyday, maybe every other, but the point is don't hate on people who want to bath their kid everyday. People aren't "nuts" for wanting to give their kid a bath everyday. It also sets up good habits for the future.

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Anonymous wrote:we shoot for 3 baths a week for our 3 year old, but usually it's only two. But we also go to the pool a few days a week, so it counts in my book.. Go ahead, throw a shoe at me.

We don't do baths every day but always shower or bathe after the pool to wash off the chlorine. All of the people who think it's unhygenic not to bathe every day or that kids are incredibly stinky after one day of not bathing are nuts.

Anonymous wrote:we shoot for 3 baths a week for our 3 year old, but usually it's only two. But we also go to the pool a few days a week, so it counts in my book.. Go ahead, throw a shoe at me.

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Anonymous wrote:Once our kids were out of diapers, we stopped the daily baths. When they were still crapping in their pants, it seemed necessary. Now, it's when they're dirty. I also don't shower every day.

That's gross. I hope you and your kids don't swim in the same pool we do.